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If a recipe says "untested"...

We want to post scans of all the original recipes so everyone in our family can enjoy them even if we haven't gotten around to testing each one in our modern kitchen. As we test each recipe, we will add our notes and photos to the recipes we do test and remove the note "untested" in the title. If you make one of the untested recipes, take a photo of the finished product and send us a note to let us know of your experience so we may include those in the recipes as well.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Maple kisses (untested)

This recipe appears to be written in Grammy's handwriting (her handwriting looked different when she wrote in fountain pen). It is undated, but I suspect this recipe pre-dates 1941 (the year she got married).

Ingredients:

2 cups maple sugar

3/4 cup water

1/4 cup butter

1 cup shelled pecans

Instructions:

Cook the water, sugar and butter until it reaches the soft ball stage* (235°F-240°F)

Add the nuts and stir until the mixture begins to cool and thicken

Then drop in small spoonfuls on a greased paper [wax paper might be the modern equivalent] or greased plate